English Botany
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English: English Botany is the title of a major publication of British plants, begun in 1790 and completed in 1813. The brief, but formal descriptions were supplied by the founder of the Linnean Society, James Edward Smith, and published and illustrated by renowned natural historian, James Sowerby.
(adapted from the english wikipedia.)
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Title page of English Botany. Note the absence of Smith's name
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Rosa Rubella, Plate 2521, Volume 36. Dated March 1813.
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Hand coloured plate of Convolvulus soldanella, Sea Bindweed
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Hand coloured plate Crocus nudfloris by James Sowerby
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Hieracium murorum (1809)
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'Elatine tripetala' (Low res)